CIAS 95.41/j 2
Rathjens 1955: 148, figs 232-235
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DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Ṣanʿāʾ, The National Museum, YM 281 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Base » Of statue with dedicatory inscription | ||||
| Material | Stone | ||||
| Measures | h. 20, w. 60, th. 80 | ||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | The object was probably an architectural element reused as a base of statue. Jamme records different measures with respect to those by Rathjens: h. 20, w. 48, th. 55. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Ḥāz |
| Ancient site | Ḥzym |
| Geographical area | Hamdān |
| Country | Yemen |
| Notes | Rathjens saw the object in 1934 in the palace of the Imam in Ṣanʿāʾ. The possible provenance from Ḥāz is stated by Rathjens. |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | CIAS 95.41/j 2 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Sabaic » Central Middle Sabaic |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Rathjens 1955: 148 | Rathjens, Carl 1955. Sabaeica. Bericht über die archäologischen Ergebnisse seiner zweiten, dritten und vierten Reise nach Südarabien. II. Teil. Die unlokalisierten Funde. (Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg, 24). Hamburg: Kommissionsverlag Ludwig Appel. |
| Jamme 1985: 243 | Jamme, Albert W.F. 1985. Miscellanées d'ancient arabe XIV. Washington. 2019/07/23; https://cuislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/cuislandora%3A203545#page/1/mode/1up. [Privately printed] |